“I wouldn’t even try that; you’ll probably just embarrass yourself.” “You should be ashamed of the way you look right now.” “You aren’t a very good Mom.” “You really can’t keep it together can you?” “You’ve been working at this for weeks but it doesn’t look like you’ve even made any progress. Clearly you’re not…

When I was in my awkward teenage years a teacher of mine had confidence cards that she passed out to each of us. We put our name on the back and then passed them around the room to every person. Each person peaked at the name on the back and then wrote something they liked…

I recently attended a seminar on body image with the youth (12-18) in our neighborhood. I was shocked at some of the stats. 80% of 10-year-old girls have dieted, and I believe it was 18-20% for five-year olds! What?! Why do we as women fall for all the tricks the media uses to tell us…